Scheuchzeriaceae

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Scheuchzeriaceae - a family of monocotyledonous bog herbs of order Naiadales

arrow-grass family, family Juncaginaceae, family Scheuchzeriaceae, Juncaginaceae

liliopsid family, monocot family - family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed

Alismales, Naiadales, order Alismales, order Naiadales - an order of aquatic monocotyledonous herbaceous plants

genus Triglochin, Triglochin - perennial or annual bog or marsh plants; includes arrow grass

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Nov 1956.--Type: Scheuchzeria L.; Scheuchzeriaceae F.

Index nominum familiarum plantarum vascularium

Tofieldia was first named by Walker (1986) as being among the most primitive extant monocotyledons, together with Narthecium (both are former members of Melanthiaceae s.l.), Acoraceae, Scheuchzeriaceae, and Butomaceae.

Sieve-element plastids and evolution of monocotyledons, with emphasis on melanthiaceae sensu lato and Aristolochiaceae-Asaroideae, a putative dicotyledon sister group

Re-evaluation of certain key relationships in the Alismatidae: Floral organogenesis of Scheuchzeria palustris (Scheuchzeriaceae).